Inverell is Cold

Am teaching a course at Inverell at the moment. -8 at nite. Brrrr.

I'm here taking a group of teachers through the Intel Teach to the Future course.

Lismore...what fun.

What fun .... roller blading for the morning with two 11 yr old boys and 2 8 yr old girls.
Lismore is still the same old same old. The shopping centre has been extended and is now rather large(ish). Lots of sales at the moment.

Met our new property manager from LJ Hooker. She appears to be proffessional. I was going to say more proffessional than the last manager, Jackie, but I wouldnt call Jackie proffessional at all. The new one, Amanda Ryan, seems to know what she is doing. Makes us both feel at ease.

Off we go to Brisbane

Am packing the v70 with 4 bicycles and our gear at the moment.

Had to pull one cycle apart because I can only fit three on the bikerack on the back. Brisbane is nice. We will sleep on the floor of an unfurnished unit for a few days, and cycle around the glorious river banks, parks, and entertainment complexes. Will also enjoy the host of great food outlets, museums, and galleries.

K has just ridden into tennis, (10k) so Tahl, Selena and I will meet her there, then drive on up. It a two hour drive for us, mostly freeway. We stay at Westend. Think cafes, artists, students, musicians. We will visit Dave and Janelle and their family, and also Fiona and Chris.

Swim results

Still waiting on final results for the State Championships.

FWIW
they are available here

Tahl on the blocks during pre race warmups

back from state

What a great experience. Tahl swam very well. Not a PB for him, but very well anyway. He placed 26 out of the 40 entrants. Not bad. what really stood out amongst the fast swimmers was the fact that they had year round pools to train in. (Heated indoor, often with a Gymnasium attached.)

Can only hope and pray that our town would get one of these, .....but then our Byron Shire Council wont even provide decent sport fields for the northern area of our shire, so what hope?

2nites the night

Well we fly out at 5.15 2nite for the state swimming finals. The whole family is making the 900km trip. We dont get much change out of $1000 dollars. Selena is really looking forward to her first plane trip, though she expresses concern about "terrorists". Even in quiet rural Australia, our kids are growing up scared of the terror threat!

The weather is looking like we will get a nice smooth flight.


Speaking of terrorism.....

....found an article that sheds a rather chilling light upon the 9/11 attacks on WTC
its here you will need to sign up to view it.

3 more sleeps

Only 3 more sleeps till Tahl goes to Sydney for the State Swimming Finals.

Well done Tahl!!

Good Luck